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The aim of the study is to investigate if there is a relationship between levels of
emotional intelligence and burnout among academicians. In this context, for the theoretical
part, emotional intelligence and burnout was investigated by reviewing the literature and
explaining the relationship between emotional intelligence and burnout was determined as
the sub-aim of the study.
Emotional intelligence of academicians will be determined as Positive Emotional
Evaluation, Positive Emotional Management, and Empathetic Susceptibility dimensions by using Chan’s EI12 scale. It will be investigated if the emotional intelligence of the
academicians differs according to the demographic characteristics such as their term of
employment, age, gender, title, field of education. Maslach Burnout Scale was used to
evaluate the burnout dimension. In this study, the burnout dimensions were determined as
Emotional Exhaustion, Personal Achievement, Emotional Toughness, Emotional Softening
and Depersonalization. The changes in emotional intelligence and elements of burnout
were investigated using the demographic variables. During the research conducted to
determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and burnout, t-test, variance
analysis, factor analysis, correlation and regression analyses were used to test the
hypotheses. The relationship was found between emotional intelligence and burnout.